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magic bullets

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plural of magic bullet

as in silver bullets

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silver bullets

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No side embodied that thinking more than Saturday’s opponents, who once viewed Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe as their silver bullets.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Reforms that once seemed like silver bullets have lost their potency.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026

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